Finnish cinema is closely associated with Aki Kaurismäki, whose deadpan minimalism earned the country a devoted international following, and The Match Factory Girl is a fine example of his pared-back, quietly devastating style. Finland has also produced serious war epics, with Unknown Soldier standing as a landmark reckoning with the Winter and Continuation Wars. Have a browse through Macca's Finnish reviews below.
Rating: 2.0★
Aki Kaurismäki has spent the better part of four decades building one of world cinema's most recognisable signatures: deadpan working-class characters, colour-saturated interiors that feel frozen in some indeterminate post-war decade, and a studied economy of dialogue that his admirers read as poetic restraint. The
Rating: 2.5★
Post-apocalyptic science fiction has, over the decades, carved out a well-worn groove for itself: crumbling cityscapes, leather-clad survivors, and some vague warning about humanity's hubris. Crumbs (2015), the debut feature from Spanish director Miguel Llansó, takes that familiar premise and drops it, somewhat jarringly, into
Genre Drama
★★★ — The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Genre Documentary
★★★ — It's Not Silence (2018)
Genre War
★★½ — Unknown Soldier (2017)
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